The Alameda County Fair had hoped to take in horses from Golden Gate Fields and become home to a nine-month racetrack. But the fair lost $5 million in what the CEO called the "biggest disaster" of his ...

An effort to keep a regular Northern California racing schedule going forward will end as the board of directors for the California Authority of Racing Fairs voted Dec. 16 to not pursue racing dates ...

(BCN) — A 4-year-old horse died after it raced Sunday at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack, according to an animal rights group. The Kill Racing Not Horses organization said that the California ...

The future of horse racing in Northern California was dealt a blow Monday when the California Authority of Racing Fairs voted unanimously to withdraw its application for a racing meeting starting ...

PLEASANTON, Calif. - The Alameda County Fair is now underway and in its 113th year at the Pleasanton fairgrounds. The event kicked off on June 13 and on Sunday, boasted fireworks and a drone show, ...

PLEASANTON — With the Alameda County racetrack and stables set to close next month, there is a growing concern about an estimated 5,000 residents and workers, many of them low-income and minority, who ...

The grand experiment to revive horse racing in Northern California is coming to an end. On Monday, the board of the California Assn. of Racing Fairs voted unanimously, 6-0, to withdraw its application ...

ALAMEDA COUNTY (BCN) — A total of 23 protesters were arrested today outside the “Urban Shield” event, the nation’s largest first-responder exercise, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, a ...